canadianinoz

Hi all - thanks so much. I am seeing a migration agent but wanted to see if anyone else was in a similar boat. Cheers.

Hello helpful people of the Internet, I think I will be made redundant in the next few weeks (currently on 482 visa) and want to apply for my 820 partner visa to ensure I can stay in the country. We have been living together with a joint bank account for more than 12 months so will apply as a defacto couple. I am wondering if it is best to wait until I have been made redundant and then apply for the 820 or apply right away and then notify the department when I get made redundant. The most important thing would be that I would need to be able to work and I'm afraid if I take the latter approach that I would get a BVE and then have to apply to get working rights under financial hardship. Can anyone help? Thank you in advance